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The Jezabels are an Australian indie rock band formed in Sydney in 2007. They consist of Nik Kaloper on drums, Samuel Lockwood on lead guitar, Hayley Mary (also known as Hayley Frances McGlone) on lead vocals, and Heather Shannon on piano and keyboard. They have described their genre as "intensindie" but later said that this was just a joke that they put up on a social networking site, though people took them seriously. From 2009 to 2010 the group issued a trilogy of extended play (EP) recordings, ''The Man Is Dead'', ''She's So Hard'' and ''Dark Storm''—all produced and engineered by Lachlan Mitchell. Two of their releases have reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 40: the ''Dark Storm'' EP (October 2010) and their single "Endless Summer" (August 2011). They released their debut studio album, ''Prisoner'' on 16 September 2011. It peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and won Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2012. They released their second album ''The Brink'' on 31 January 2014. ==History== The Jezabels formed in 2007 after the four members met as students at the University of Sydney.〔〔 Their music was described by national youth radio station, Triple J, as a blend of alternative rock, indie rock, and disco pop.〔 The Jezabels' Facebook page describes their genre as "intensindie".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Jezabels Official Facebook Page – Info )〕 Hayley Mary (born Hayley Frances McGlone) and Heather Shannon had performed together in Byron Bay. Samuel Lockwood also grew up in Byron Bay. The band's name is based on the biblical character, Jezebel, who Mary perceived as being "misunderstood or misrepresented" and described her as "an example of how women are really wrongly presented".〔 Lockwood recognised Mary and Shannon when he saw them at university and invited them to join a band for a competition. The group are Nik Kaloper on drums, Lockwood on lead guitar, Mary on lead vocals, and Shannon on piano and keyboard.〔 Mary recalled "It was a combination of four individual desires to play music and taking whatever opportunities we could find — which happened to be each other ... From there the process has pretty much been one of reconciling musical differences. But we’re getting closer".〔 On 3 February 2009 The Jezabels' debut extended play, ''The Man Is Dead'', was released independently via MGM Distribution.〔〔〔 It was recorded at Megaphon & Production Ave Studios and produced by The Jezabels and Lachlan Mitchell.〔 The lead track, "Disco Biscuit Love", is credited to Shannon, McGlone, Lockwood and Kaloper.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) "> 'Disco Biscuit Love' at APRA search engine )〕 On 6 November that year they followed with a second EP, ''She's So Hard'', which included the tracks "Easy to Love" and "Hurt Me". Both received significant radio airplay,〔 including on Sydney's FBi Radio and Triple J.〔 They also received airplay in the US, where in August, they debuted at No. 114 on the CMJ top 200 and reached No. 96 for the track "Disco Biscuit Love". On 22 December, they were the Triple J Unearthed featured artist and described them as "()ramatic, energetic, uplfiting, indie rock with a commanding lead singer. We've picked them to play Field Day – a great way to start the new year!".〔 Their ''She's So Hard'' EP was the No. 3 most added on US college radio for 2009. On 1 October 2010 The Jezabels released the third EP of their trilogy, ''Dark Storm'', which peaked in the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart. ''The Age''s Peter Vincent felt "()heirs is a timeless sound that is radio-friendly: moody female vocals soaring over strong percussion and slow-building guitar and piano/ keyboard lines". One of the tracks, "Mace Spray", has lyrics containing "an element of satire. It's hilarious that someone would carry mace spray ... but it's also very sad".〔 In August 2011, their single "Endless Summer" peaked in the top 40 of the ARIA Singles Chart〔 and was credited to Kaloper, Lockwood, McGlone, and Shannon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) "> 'Endless Summer' at APRA search engine )〕 On 16 September 2011 they released their debut studio album ''Prisoner'' and it reached No. 2 on the ARIA Album Chart.〔 It was recorded at Sydney's Attic Studios with Mitchell producing and Peter Katis mixing. ''Vulture Magazine''s Anna Moull described the album in a review: "a dramatic gothic epic, with a twist of 80’s power-house rock. Jezabels singer Haley Mary sums up their sound perfectly as 'Bronte-esque gothic (and) melodramatic'. Channelling Kate Bush, Freddie Mercury and Cyndi Lauper, Mary’s vocals are a force to be reckoned with".〔 By 31 December 2011, the album was certified gold by ARIA for the shipment of 35,000 units. "Endless Summer" was performed ' by both Josh Pyke and Jack Vidgen.〔 In late 2013, the Jezabels released a song titled "The End" as the first single release from their second album ''The Brink'', which was released on 31 January 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Jezabels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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